Who needs a garden? Ohio State's Joe Kovach is growing fruits and veggies on an old asphalt parking lot. He's giving tours of his parking lot gardens this Thursday afternoon as well as July 26 and Aug. 30.

The Michigan Woodworkers' Guild of Royal Oak, Mich., was honored recently for community projects that include making a doll-size MRI machine for the Detroit Medical Center Children's Hospital of Michigan. The replica allows children who are scheduled for MRIs to put their dolls through the process, so they understand it better and aren't as afraid.